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APPARATUS FOR GAMES;

Patented June 3 a NORRIS versus co., mow-mu UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

l/VILLIAM H. REIFF, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO EDWIN P. STARR, OF SAME PLACE.

APPARATU 8 FOR GAM ES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 429,585, dated June 3, 1890. Application filed January 2'7, 1890. Serial No. 338,238. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. REIFF', of the city and county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improve- 5 ment in Apparatus for Games, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to apparatus for games; and it consists of certain improvements, which are fully set forth in the follow- IO ing specification, and shown in the accompanying drawings, which form a part thereof.

The object of my invention is to produce an interesting game which shall require more or less skill upon the part of the player.

It consists of a card or other suitable piece of material, to which is attached a ball or its equiv. lentby means of a piece of elastic cord, and the card is provided with notches or catches upon one of its edges adapted to catch and hold the ball when it is projected forward by the elastic connection.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my improved apparatus, showing the manner of operating the same; and Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the ball caught in one of the notches.

A is the card or other suitable'supportingsurface, which is preferably made fiat and provided with a series of notches or upon one 0 of its edges.

B is a ball attached to one end ,of a piece of elastic cord O, the other end of which is attached to the card A in any convenient manner. I prefer to attach this elastic cord 3 5 O to the card at or about its center, as shown in the drawings, though this is not absolutely essential to my invention.

The object of the game is to cause the ball to be shot forward by the elasticity of the 40 cord 0 and to be caught in one of the notches a. The card A is held in one hand, and the ball B is seized by the fingers of the other and drawn out in a direction from the notched edge of the card, so as to extend the cord O,

and when the ball is released the elasticity of the cord will cause the ball to shoot forward, and if it is accurately aimed, so that the cord 0 passes over one of the notches A, the ball 13 will be caught in the said notch, as illustrated in Fig. 2. 7

It will be observed that in the drawings I have shown a series of lines formed upon the surface of the card and extending from the point of attachment of the cord O to the card out toward the different notches, the object of which is to assist the eye in pointing the cord and ball in the proper direction toward that notch into which it is intended to shoot it. I have also shown these notches numbered arbitrarily, and I have selected the numbering to indicate as nearly as possible the relative degrees of difliculty in causing the ball to be caught in the several notches.

It is apparent that in place of a'ball B any other equivalent device may be employed which is sufficiently large to be caught in the notches.

While I prefer the details of construction which are here shown, I do not limit my invention to them, as it is apparent that they may be modified in many ways without departing from my invention.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A game apparatus consisting of a piece of card-board or other suitable material provided with a series of notches upon one of its edges, a ball or other object of larger diameter than the width of the notches at their narrowest parts, and an elastic connection between the ball and card-board, and adapted to project the ball by its elasticity beyond the notches, so that upon the return it may be caught and arrested by one of them it properly aimed.

2. The combination of a piece of card-board or other suitable material having one or more of its edges provided with a series of V- shaped notches terminating in a circular 0 opening, with a ball and an elastic connection between the ball and card at or about the center, whereby the ball may be projected forward by the elasticity of the connection and may be caught in one of the notches 5 upon the edge of the card.

In testimony of which invention I have hereunto set my hand.-

WILLIAM H. REIFF.

Witnesses:

S. T. YERKES, ERNEST HOWARD HUNTER. 

